Bow.



W. E. ELLIS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23| I911.

2 w N d e m m a D1 COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH CD., VIMHINOTON, D. C.

prints s ra'rns arms WARREN E. ELLIS, OF. HAVERBIILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO XV. E. ELLIS COMPANY, A COBPORATIQN OF MASSACHUSETTS.

BOW.

Application filed August 23, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WARREN E. Enn s, a

citizen of the United States, residing at useful improvements in Bows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ornamental bows such as are used on pumps, slippers and like articles of apparel, and resides in certain features of construction and arrangement hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows the top or outer side of a bow made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, shows the under side of the same; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a modified construction; Fig. l illustrates a strip shaped to form the body portion of the bow; Figs. 5 and 6 are transverse sections on the line 0900 and y 1 in Figs. 2 and 3 respectively; and Fig. 7 is a view similar to Figs. 2 and 8 but illustrating another modification.

The bow illustrated in the drawings is of the flat type, its central portion being of the same width as its end portions, and the body of the bow is formed froma strip 2 of suitable material having its end portions folded over on the under side of the strip as shown in Fig. 4. Around the central portion of the strip 2 when thus folded is passed a band 3, which is usually made of the same material. as the strip 2 and has its ends brought together on the under side of said strip. These parts 2 and 3 are secured together by means of a metal plate having pointed prongs which pass through the ends of said parts 2 and 3 and are then turned over or clenched, and in the form of how illustrated in Fig. 2 this plate, shown at 4:, is applied to the outer surface of the band 3 on the under side of the bow, with its.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and Specification of Letters Patent.

face of the strip 2, and its prongs 5 Patented Nov. 2, 1515.

Serial No. 645,681.

6 the plate l" is located between the central portion of the band 8 and the top or outer pass through the bow material in the opposite direction, as compared with the prongs 5 in the form of bow shown in Fig. 2, and emerge on the under side of the bow, where they are turned over and clenched against the end portions of the band 3.

Bows for slippers and the like are usually provided withan attaching strip of buckram located on the under side of the body portion of the bow and adapted to have itsv end portions stitched or stapled to the article to which the bow is applied and suclia strip, shown at 6, may be employed in my bow above described, in which case it is preferably located between the ends of the band 3 and the body of the bow on the under side of the latter, so that in either of the bows illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 said strip 6 will be pierced by the pointed prongs and permanently secured in its intended relation to the other parts of the bow, leaving the end portions of the strip free for attaching purposes. It is one of the features of my invention, however, that instead of using a strip such as 6 for attaching purposes the bow may be provided with methe top of a slipper or the like and clenched against the same, and such a construction is illustrated in Fig. 7 which shows the parts 2 and 3 secured together by means of the prongs 5 on a metal plate 4c having other prongs 7 projecting outward from the under side of the bow in suitable position to serve for attaching the same, the strip 6 being omitted from this form of bow.

A. bow constructed as above described may be readily manufactured at slight expense, and has the advantage that its parts do not have to be stitched together, so that a saving in the cost of the bow is effected and all danger of separation of the parts by the giving away of stitches is obviated. The presence of the stiif metallic plate also gives permanence of form to the bow by preventing it from being crushed or distorted, and also makes it possible to give the how a slight curvature, if desired, in order to make it conform more closely to the top of a slipper, this being accomplished by merely imparting the desired curvature to the metallic plate which holds the parts together the same width throughout its length, it Will be evident that it is not limited to such bows but may be embodied in bows of various other shapes, and that the location and details of construction of the-metallic plate and its attaching prongs may also be varied if desired.

I claim as my invention 1. A bow comprising a body portion formed from a single strip of flexible material; a band of flexible material passing across the central outer portion of said strip and having its ends turned inward under the latter, and a single fastening de vice securing said parts together and con sisting of a soft metal plate extending substantially across the width of the band and having a plurality of integral pointed prongs passed through the body'portion and band and clenched, said prongsbeing sufficiently spacedapart lengthwise of the bow to cause the bow to conform to said plate.

2. A bow comprising a body portion formed from a single strip of flexible maacross the central outer portion of said strip and having its ends turned lnward under the latter, a flexible attaching strip having terial, a band of flexible material passing its central portion located between the body portion and the ends of the band, leaving the ends of said strip free, and a single fastening device securing said parts together and consisting of a soft metal plate extending substantially across the width of the band and having a plurality of integral pointed prongs passed through the body portion, band and attaching strip and clenched.

3. A bow comprising a body portion formed from a single strip of flexible material, a band of flexible-material passing across the central outer portion of said strip and having its ends turned inward under the latter, a flexible attaching strip located on the under side of said body portion, and a single fastening device securing said parts together and consisting of a soft metal plate located beneath all the other parts of the bow and having a plurality of integral pointed prongs passing through the central portions of the body portion and attaching strip and the ends of the band, said prongs being clenched within the bow.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 16 day. of August, 1911.

VAR-BEN E. ELLIS. \Vitnesses EVERETT E. KENT, MARY A. OBRIEN.

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' Washington, D. 0. 

